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30 Nate Daniels Class: Senior Hometown: Escondido, Ca. High School: Escondido HS Last College: Broward CC Height / Weight: 6-7 / 220 Position: Forward Birthdate: 08/15/1983 Experience: JC

Prior to Joining the Cardinals: Averaged 25.6 points -- fourth in the National Junior College Athletic Association -- as a sophomore last season for Broward Community College in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. ... Led Broward to a 25-4 record and the school's first-ever Southern Conference Championship (13-1 league mark) ... Southern Conference Player of the Year who earned second team NJCAA All-America and NCJAA All-Region VIII honors. ... No. 2 scorer nationally in the NJCAA as a freshman, averaging 30.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists. He scored over 40 points four times and over 50 twice ... Shot 63 percent from the field, including 37 percent from three-point range, and hit 74 percent of his free throws while earning conference and state junior college player of the year honors ... Top-rated junior college small forward in the nation entering the season by The Sporting News, which ranked him as the fourth-best JC prospect in the nation overall. A preseason first-team All-America choice by Street & Smith's Basketball Yearbook, he was rated second among all JC small forwards by Van Coleman's Future Stars Magazine and second overall by CBS Sportsline ... Originally signed with Fresno State and spent one redshirt year there before transferring to Broward ... Averaged 25 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocked shots as a senior at Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass. He earned All-CIF second team honors as a senior in 1999 at Escondido High School, where he played three seasons ... Also considered St. John's, Texas Tech, Florida International and Duquesne before signing with the Cardinals.

Personal: Born Jan. 6, 1981 ... Son of Stephanie Daniels ... Has one older sister ... Major is sociology ... Personal goal at U of L is to graduate ... Enjoys watching movies and fishing in his spare time ... Chose to attend U of L because of Coach Pitino ... Best basketball advice given to him was to never quit ... What impresses him most about Coach Pitino: his determination and knowledge ... Most proud of his mother ... Would most like to meet Michael Jordan ... When he played basketball as a kid, he pretended he was Scottie Pippin.

Favorites: Basketball Player: Tim Duncan ... NBA Team: Los Angeles Lakers ... Athlete, Other than a basketball player: Terrel Owens ... Movies: The Matrix, Back to the Future ... TV Show: Sports Center ... Musical Group/Singer: 2 Pac ... Comedians: Chris Tucker, Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock, Cedric the Entertainer ... Foods: chili ... Midnight Snack: ice cream, rainbow sherbert ... Best Athlete Ever Faced: Caron Butler.